Who Is Mary Schapiro?

If Timothy Geithner,the Treasury Secretary-designate, is Mr.Experience,Mary Schapiro,whom President-elect Obama has chosen to head the Securities and Exchange Commission,the financial industry regulator,is Ms.Experience.Appointed by President Ronald Reagan,she served on the commission for six years,rising to the post of Acting Chairman before President Bill Clinton named her to the top job at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.Currently,she leads the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority,or FINRA,a self-policing organization for the industry.She has worked for them since 1996.